Packaging Engineer

Description:

Are you looking to be a part of a cutting-edge medical device company? Then consider our team in beautiful Oregon, where your individual contributions matter, and the quality of life and cost of living make Oregon one of the nation’s top go-to places for sports and recreation! As a packaging engineer, you will be responsible for packaging, product delivery & labelling solutions for medical devices from development to market. You will work closely with other departments, such as Product Management, Product Engineering, Quality & the Supply Chain teams to produce thorough and cost-effective solutions that meet both the regulatory and market needs.

What you will be doing.

• You will:
• Research product designs, indications, intended uses, technologies & materials.
• Conduct tests, write protocols and reports
• Review project plans and provide feedback to ensure they are feasible and complete
• Initiate Cad Labs for product development
• Create and develop designs for new product solutions, improv product lines, and document the design and development.
• Develop and present presentations clearly for other employees (ex: training events)
• Perform mechanical & biomechanical testing
• Mentor and lead to junior staff
• Perform complex mechanical & biomechanical analyses (ex: Finite Element Analysis, etc.)
• Create competitive product matrices for new & existing product lines
• Practice best known methods and standards
• Communicate interdepartmentally and externally with sales, Field Reps, suppliers and surgeons
• Conduct design verification and validation activities.
• Maintain existing solutions through employing ECO's
• Create models, drawings, & specifications necessary to produce products and prototypes.
• Lead small teams
• Manage a variety of tasks and smaller projects
• Communicate with multiple departments on a regular basis to determine feasibility of new project ideas, concepts & designs.
• Perform market analyses as well as collaborate with other departments on ROI’s
• Write clinical data reports
• Review and approve drawings in ECOs
• Create new designs with moderate complexity; drawings, models, define design requirements
• Update and modify existing Standard Operating Procedures
• Perform Design Control activities with some supervision
• Support Regulatory with 510(k) and Technical File support documents
• Create designs with significant complexity
• Develop presentations and present to external audiences
• Communicates effectively and forms relationships/collaborates with surgeons, providers, consultants & suppliers
• Act as independent reviewer
• Conduct patent analyses

What you need to work here.

• Qualifications:
• BSME, BS Bio-Mechanical Engineering, or Equivalent
• 3+ years demonstrated experience of performing job duties described above
• Candidate must have medical device background.
• Thorough understanding of anatomy of and proficiency in communicating anatomy & physiology
• Proficient with application of GD&T
• Working knowledge of FDA and ISO requirements for medical devices
• Strong experience implementing new packaging and product delivery solutions
• Experience maintaining existing packaging and product delivery solutions, labelling, testing and validation
• Effective communicator
• Team Player
• Experience in management and customer service

Highlights:

• Great Pay